| A | B |
|---|
| tragedy | serious Greek play with sad ending |
| democracy | a government run by the citizens |
| Alexander the Great | ran a multicutural empire and conquered almost all the known world |
| peninsula | land surrounded by water on 3 sides |
| The Golden Age | a time of great pride and achievement in Greece |
| Persia | country which the Greek city-states united to fight |
| Pericles | leader who made great improvements in Athenian democracy |
| Homer | author who wrote epic stories, such as: The Illiad & The Odyssey |
| Sparta | Greek city-state with military style culture |
| Zeus | head of the family of Gree Gods |
| majority rule | how government decisions were made in Athens |
| assembly | the law-making group in most Greek city-states |
| Peloponnesian War | a war between Athens & Sparta, that ended the Golden Age |
| olympic games | an athletic contest that was held to honor Zeus |
